Research updates
New brain tumor research and news, in plain language. The marks on each item show how far along the evidence is. More marks mean it has been tested more.
1061 item(s). Early-stage animal and lab research is hidden. Tick the box above to include it.
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A look at treatment ideas aimed at the p53 gene in brain tumors
This is a review of research ideas, not a new treatment.
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A special MRI test may help tell brain tumors from look-alike spots
A special MRI scan may help doctors tell a brain tumor from a look-alike spot.
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Radiation to the Brain and Spine That Tries to Protect a Memory Area
This study tests a way to aim radiation at the brain and spine while sparing a memory area.
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Brain scans to track thinking changes after SRS radiation for brain metastases
This study looks at whether brain scans can show thinking changes after radiation.
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Testing three drugs together for lung cancer that spread to the brain
This study tests three cancer drugs given together after lung cancer spreads to the brain.
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Adding an immune drug to standard treatment for new brain lymphoma
This trial tests whether adding a drug called penpulimab helps people with a lymphoma that starts in the brain.
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Testing a new kind of scan for people with meningioma
This study tests a scan that may show how a meningioma is acting.
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An implanted ultrasound device with immune drugs for new glioblastoma
This trial tests a device that helps immune drugs reach a brain tumor.
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A computer tool tries to guess who may get brain tumors after lung cancer surgery
Researchers built a computer tool that reads tumor slides to guess who may later get brain tumors.
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A shared way to name skull base tumors
Doctors built one shared naming system for meningiomas at the base of the skull.
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A PET scan found measurable tumor in more people than MRI did
A scan called PET spotted tumor that doctors could measure in far more people than MRI did.
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How doctors use targeted drugs for a rare brain tumor
In most of these patients, the tumor got smaller with targeted drugs.
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A rare brain tumor in a boy was first mistaken for another problem
Doctors report on a boy whose rare brain tumor was missed at first.
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A computer tool that outlines brain tumors on MRI scans
Researchers tested software that maps a tumor and the brain around it on MRI scans.
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Progesterone use is linked to vision problems in women with meningioma
Women with meningioma who used progesterone had more vision problems.
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Two tools tested to tell brain tumor from healthy tissue during surgery
Doctors tried two tools to help find where a brain tumor ends during surgery.
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A world count of brain and spine cancer, 1990 to 2021
More people around the world are living with brain and spine cancer, and the harm is not shared evenly.
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Bigger pituitary tumors linked to more hormone problems after surgery
After pituitary tumor surgery, people with larger tumors more often had low hormone levels.
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A gene marker may help predict how thalamic brain tumors act
In 45 adults with brain tumors in the thalamus, one gene change was tied to shorter survival.
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A blood clot in the brain was the first sign of a lymphoma
In one young man, a blood clot in the brain turned out to be the first sign of a blood cancer.